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A.K. DeLemos Scrapbooks

 Collection
Identifier: MG DeLemos-(Main)
Scope and Contents The five scrapbooks, compiled by Henry F. Mutschler, contain newspaper clippings (including many obituaries), flyers, programs, correspondence, and articles relating to A. K. DeLemos and Co. and to musical news and events in Newark and New York; also included are notes and published articles by and about Mutschler. The contents are arranged roughly chronologically within the volumes, but there is considerable overlap in dates between volumes. The contents are as follows: Vol. 1...
Dates: 1887 - 1948

Barbara J. Kukla Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MG Nwk Kukla
Scope and Contents This collection consists of the collected papers of Barbara J. Kukla, who has worked in Newark for over fifty years as an author and reporter. These materials were collected by Barbara, both through her work and for personal interest. Some of the significant topics represented in these files are: music, theater, poetry, fine arts, books, African-American heritage and history, African-American life, women’s issues, women’s history, public schools, charter schools, universities, colleges,...
Dates: Majority of material found within 1970 - 2012; 1901 - 2018

Elaine Hausmann Collection

 Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: MG NWK Hausmann-(Fileroom)
Scope and Contents

This collection consists of correspondence, clippings, programs, and other items related to Hausmann's singing career. It includes programs from the Griffith Auditorium and the Mosque Theatre (Symphony Hall), as well as other venues.

Dates: 1944 - 1950

Henry F. Mutschler Manuscript

 Collection — Box: 1
Identifier:  MG Nwk Mutschler-(Fileroom)
Scope and Contents This typescript history, compiled by Henry Mutschler during his retirement, is filled with detailed accounts of the music teachers of Newark and surrounding towns, of music festivals, music clubs and societies, virtuoso performances, music promoters like Joseph Fuerstman, music in the schools, Works Progress Administration (WPA) music programs, theaters and vaudeville houses, and of the craze for movie theaters, with their hard-working piano accompanists. It includes photographs of the...
Dates: 1954

New Jersey Music Collection

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MG NJ Music-(Main)
Scope and Contents Box #1: Essex County Symphony Society (programs and Symphony Magazines, 1936-47); "Contextual Connections," A Celebration of the Expansion and Renovation of the John Cotton Dana Library and the Opening of a New Facility for The Institute of Jazz Studies (1994, program); Orchestra (The Irvington Symphony Orchestra, program, 1984; New Jersey Youth Symphony, 1982; South Orange Community Orchestra, Annual Spring Concert, 1966; The Nutley Symphony Orchestra, 1958 and 82), N.J. Opera (Essex County...
Dates: 1915 - 1999

Newark Jazz Festival Collection

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MG Nwk Jazz-(Fileroom)
Scope and Contents The collection includes brochures and ephemera, meeting minutes, clippings, accounts, photographs, audiovisual material, artist publicity sheets, and notes related to the Newark Jazz Festival from 1991, when it was called the Sarah Vaughan Jazz Festival, to 1996. There are also additional materials related to the jazz scene in the Newark area. The collection includes three subject folders in addition to folders for each year of the festival. Box #1: Newark Jazz Festival. 1. General Newark...
Dates: 1991 - 1996

Newark Music Collection

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MG Nwk Music-(Main)
Scope and Contents Box #1: Programs (1850-1900, 1900-1940, 1940- ), Cathedral Concert Series (Vierne Festival Concert, 1976 series), Morris Choral Society (concert, Cathedral of the Sacred Heart), John Weaver and Marianne Weaver (Feb. 1978), Pierre Cochreau concert (Sacred Heart Cathedral, April 2, 1978), Sacred Heart Cathedral (worship & programs of music, 1978-79), The Winchester Cathedral Choir (Sacred Heart Cathedral, Mar. 5, 1979), Michelob Jazz Series (1980, 1981), Ravi Shankar, Sitar (Cathedral...
Dates: 1850 - 2000

Philip Gordon Scrapbook Collection

 Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: MG NWK Gordon-(Main)
Scope and Contents This collection consists of two scrapbooks containing clippings about the Newark Civic Symphony Orchestra. The clippings feature newspaper articles about performances, much of which include Philip Gordon’s participation with the orchestra. The clippings originate from publications such as the Newark Evening News, Newark Sunday Call, Newark Star Eagle, Newark Ledger, The New York Times, The New York World Telegraph, New York Herald Tribune, and the ...
Dates: 1933 - 1937; Majority of material found in 1936 - 1936

Walter J. Flanigan Theater / Music Notices collection

 Collection
Identifier: MG Nwk Flanigan
Scope and Contents The collection consists of 14 scrapbooks, some of which appear to have been compiled by Flanigan. Two of the scrapbooks contain programs and announcement of musical performances in Newark and New York City; many of the earlier programs include annotations regarding changes in the performances or the names of friends who accompanied Flanigan to the event (1889-1917, 1939-1957)8 scrapbooks are comprised of clippings of reviews and articles regarding concerts, recitals,...
Dates: 1883 - 1957